PSY 658 - FINAL EXAM 2024-2025
What is the study of death and dying? - ANSWER Thanatology
Middle age adults adjust more easily to divorce than younger adults: True or False -
ANSWER True
The later adulthood stage of Erikson's Theory is Ego Integrity versus _______ (p.
604) - ANSWER Despair
Ego Differentiation - ANSWER For those who invested heavily in their careers,
finding other ways to affirm self-worth—through family, friendship, and
community life (Peck's ideas of attaining ego integrity - one of 3 parts)
Ego Transcendence - ANSWER As contemporaries die, facing the reality of death
constructively through efforts to make life more secure, meaningful, and gratifying
for younger generations
Body Transcendence - ANSWER Surmounting physical limitations by
emphasizing the compensating rewards of cognitive, emotional, and social powers
Memory strategy effectiveness in middle age: increases, stays same, or decreases? -
ANSWER Increases
Which personality type is associated with cardiovascular disease? - ANSWER
Type A
In early adulthood, thought/logic moves from hypothetical to pragmatic thought.
How does pragmatic thought benefit them? - ANSWER They accept contradictions
as part of existence and develop ways of thinking that thrive on imperfection and
compromise.
What are the 3 periods of vocational development? Which applies to young
adulthood? - ANSWER Fantasy, Tentative, & Realistic. Young adulthood is
realistic.
Expertise - ANSWER Extensive knowledge in the field
Relativistic Thinking - ANSWER The idea that in many situations there is not
, necessarily one right or wrong answer
Realistic Period - ANSWER Narrowing vocational options
Dualistic Thinking - ANSWER Dividing information into right and wrong
Piaget's post formal thought - ANSWER Personal effort and social experiences lead
to increased rational, flexible, and practical thinking
Perry's epistemic cognition - ANSWER Move from dualistic thinking (right or
wrong extremes) to relativistic thinking (awareness of multiple truths) to
commitment within relativistic thinking (synthesize contradictions)
Which is NOT one of the most abused substances in the U.S.? Choices: Cocaine,
Nicotine, Alcohol, Marijuana) - ANSWER Cocaine
Death anxiety is higher among men or women? - ANSWER Women
Anticipated grief is associated with ______ - ANSWER Prolonged, expected death
Voluntary euthanasia has __________ public support in U.S. (growing, stable, or
decreasing?) - ANSWER Growing
Generativity - ANSWER the desire, in middle age, to use one's accumulated
wisdom to guide future generations (examples: parenting, mentoring, volunteering)
What are the 5 stages of death? - ANSWER denial, anger, bargaining, depression,
acceptance
During prolonged dying, the bereaved person's acknowledgement that the loss is
inevitable, and emotional preparation for it is __________ - ANSWER
Anticipatory Grief
When does puberty happen for girls compared to boys? - ANSWER 2 years earlier
Adolescents have difficulty controlling _________ - ANSWER Emotions and
impulses
Sleep deprivation in adolescents is due to ________ - ANSWER Brain revisions in
regulation
What is the study of death and dying? - ANSWER Thanatology
Middle age adults adjust more easily to divorce than younger adults: True or False -
ANSWER True
The later adulthood stage of Erikson's Theory is Ego Integrity versus _______ (p.
604) - ANSWER Despair
Ego Differentiation - ANSWER For those who invested heavily in their careers,
finding other ways to affirm self-worth—through family, friendship, and
community life (Peck's ideas of attaining ego integrity - one of 3 parts)
Ego Transcendence - ANSWER As contemporaries die, facing the reality of death
constructively through efforts to make life more secure, meaningful, and gratifying
for younger generations
Body Transcendence - ANSWER Surmounting physical limitations by
emphasizing the compensating rewards of cognitive, emotional, and social powers
Memory strategy effectiveness in middle age: increases, stays same, or decreases? -
ANSWER Increases
Which personality type is associated with cardiovascular disease? - ANSWER
Type A
In early adulthood, thought/logic moves from hypothetical to pragmatic thought.
How does pragmatic thought benefit them? - ANSWER They accept contradictions
as part of existence and develop ways of thinking that thrive on imperfection and
compromise.
What are the 3 periods of vocational development? Which applies to young
adulthood? - ANSWER Fantasy, Tentative, & Realistic. Young adulthood is
realistic.
Expertise - ANSWER Extensive knowledge in the field
Relativistic Thinking - ANSWER The idea that in many situations there is not
, necessarily one right or wrong answer
Realistic Period - ANSWER Narrowing vocational options
Dualistic Thinking - ANSWER Dividing information into right and wrong
Piaget's post formal thought - ANSWER Personal effort and social experiences lead
to increased rational, flexible, and practical thinking
Perry's epistemic cognition - ANSWER Move from dualistic thinking (right or
wrong extremes) to relativistic thinking (awareness of multiple truths) to
commitment within relativistic thinking (synthesize contradictions)
Which is NOT one of the most abused substances in the U.S.? Choices: Cocaine,
Nicotine, Alcohol, Marijuana) - ANSWER Cocaine
Death anxiety is higher among men or women? - ANSWER Women
Anticipated grief is associated with ______ - ANSWER Prolonged, expected death
Voluntary euthanasia has __________ public support in U.S. (growing, stable, or
decreasing?) - ANSWER Growing
Generativity - ANSWER the desire, in middle age, to use one's accumulated
wisdom to guide future generations (examples: parenting, mentoring, volunteering)
What are the 5 stages of death? - ANSWER denial, anger, bargaining, depression,
acceptance
During prolonged dying, the bereaved person's acknowledgement that the loss is
inevitable, and emotional preparation for it is __________ - ANSWER
Anticipatory Grief
When does puberty happen for girls compared to boys? - ANSWER 2 years earlier
Adolescents have difficulty controlling _________ - ANSWER Emotions and
impulses
Sleep deprivation in adolescents is due to ________ - ANSWER Brain revisions in
regulation
